A rigorous method of moments solution for curved waveguide bends and its applications

Author

Weisshaar, A. ; Goodnick, S.M. ; Tripathi, V.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 June 1992

Firstpage

975

Abstract

An accurate and computationally efficient method of moments solution, together with a mode-matching technique, for the analysis of curved planar waveguide bends is described. The method is applied to single and cascaded curved bends in rectangular waveguides, quantum waveguides and microstrips. The effect of the orientation of cascaded bends on the transmission properties is examined. The computed results for the scattering parameters converge very rapidly with increasing number of expansion functions and modes used in the method of moments, and mode-matching analysis, respectively. As a rule, only a few expansion terms and modes need to be considered for accurate solutions.<>

Keywords

S-parameters; microstrip lines; rectangular waveguides; waveguide theory; 8.2 to 12.2 GHz; cascaded curved bends; curved waveguide bends; method of moments solution; microstrips; mode-matching technique; quantum waveguides; rectangular waveguides; scattering parameters; transmission properties; Acoustic waveguides; Application software; Dielectrics; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Moment methods; Partial differential equations; Rectangular waveguides; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0611-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188153

Filename

188153